Like most writers, I am sometimes approached for advice from other writers. I am happy to help when I can -- I'm not approached so often that it is burdensome. More often than not, the advice goes out and that's it. My experience with new writers is that many have the impulse and few have the will to fashion the impulse into a real work. That's OK. All of us struggle in our way to finish what we start.
But in this instance I can report on an Arkansas writer who not only finished what he started but got it published. The writer goes by the name of Wiley Russell but I only know him as Joe and only have met him by email. Months ago, he sent me an email asking about playwrighting and publishing (I think he got my email through a contact at a writers conference). A couple of days ago, I received his one-act comedy, Triple Threat, in the mail. And it has a nice dedication to me in the front. I feel practically sheepish about it since I didn't do anything but talk to him about the high school/community theatre market and point him in the direction of publishers.
Triple Threat looks like an interesting play (who doesn't like homemade cloning machines?!) and I'd imagine it's going to have a number of productions. I am happy for Joe and happy to have made a contribution, however small.
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